SharpLink, Bitmine and Consensys CEO Joe Lubin are funding Ethlabs, a new nonprofit research organization launched by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers.
Ethlabs was announced on Monday with backing from SharpLink Gaming, Bitmine Immersion Technologies and Joe Lubin. The group also includes Anchorage Digital, Octant and SNZ.
The organization is led by Ansgar Dietrichs, Barnabé Monnot, Caspar Schwarz-Schilling, Josh Rudolf and Julian Ma. Their prior work covered Ethereum scaling, data availability, protocol economics and network finality.
Initial efforts will target faster transaction settlement, greater network capacity and better infrastructure for tokenized assets and stablecoins. All research will be published openly with independent grants administration.
The launch follows several high-level departures from the Ethereum Foundation, including the recent exit of co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang.
